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boyo

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Irish

Synonyms of boyo

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin

Synonyms for boyo

boy,
boychick
(or boychik),
callant
[chiefly Scottish],
lad,
laddie,
nipper,
shaveling,
shaver,
sonny,
stripling,
tad,
youth

Words Related to boyo

adolescent,
juvenile,
kid,
kiddie
(also kiddy),
kiddo,
minor,
moppet,
teenager,
tween,
youngling,
youngster

gamin,
guttersnipe,
hobbledehoy,
imp,
squirt,
urchin,
whippersnapper

schoolboy

toddler,
tot,
tyke
(also tike)

mama's boy

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